ELCPBC AWARENESS TOPICS

May 2020: Mental Health Awareness Month
& Teacher/Provider Appreciation Day & Week!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To decrease the Stigma, and increase Knowledge, The Early Learning Coalition is promoting this campaign. Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and wellbeing, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. We encourage parents to visit the CDC & The National Institute of Mental Health website for more information about this topic. We can also share with you the links below and information flyers.

Children & Mental Health
(National Institute of Mental Health) in English & Spanish

Tips for Talking With Your Health Care Provider
(National Institute of Mental Health) in English & Spanish

To Learn About Mental Health:

• https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
• https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/learn/index.htm
• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Mental Health Tools and Resources:

• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/index.shtml 
• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets-in-english.shtml
  (Brochures & fact sheets by topic in both English and Spanish)
• https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/index.htm

Recent Webinar Recordings:

• May 6, 2020
  Mindful of Your Mental Health: Thriving As A Family During Quarantine Webinar, presented in partnership with Marriage & Family Services

• April 22, 2020
  Mindful of Your Mental Health: Self-Care During Quarantine Webinar, presented in partnership with Marriage & Family Services
  • Please Click Here for the Webinar Presentation (Including Links/Printable Resources)

• March 31, 2020
  How to be mindful of your mental health while keeping children safe during a quarantine

Other local counseling and mental health resources:

• Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County
  Helpline 561.801.4357 
  www.mhapbc.org
• NAMI Palm Beach County (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
  561.588.3477 
  www.namipbc.org
• Children's Behavioral Health Collaborative 
  561.366.9400 
  https://namipbc.org/…/childrens-behavioral-health-collabora…
• Trustbridge
  844-422-3648 
  https://www.trustbridge.com/
• The Children's Healing Institute
  561-687-8115 
  http://www.childrenshealinginstitute.org/
• 211 HelpLine
  Call 2-1-1 or text TXT211 (898211)
  http://www.211palmbeach.org/

Head on over to our social media channels, find your submitted photograph, video, or quote of thanks... and SHARE on your page!   Thank you to all of our parents for sharing (and helping your children to share) their thanks this week! We were amazed by the number of responses we received, it is so apparent how much our local teachers and child care providers are appreciated and loved. We thank you for helping us to show them that love every day, and especially during Provider Appreciation Week.   @ELCPalmBeach on Facebook (submitted videos) @ELCPalmBeach on Twitter (submitted pictures/quotes) @ELCPalmBeach on Instagram (submitted pictures/quotes)

A Message From Our Chief Executive Officer

A Message From Our Team & Board Members

A Message From Our Board Chairman

For additional community resources, contact our Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) team at 561-514-3300.

These links are to external websites. ELCPBC does not endorse the sites. If you find a link that is broken or leads to unrelated material, please email Contacts@ELCPalmBeach.org.